Football has specific demands that need to be addressed when training. As you are working to become a better player focus on training the following areas.
* Explosive acceleration and fast sprinting speed.
* Muscular endurance and strength in the lower body.
* Muscular balance and high levels of neuromuscular coordination.
* Body awareness and agility, the ability to know where your body is, and be able to move it.
* Good flexibility to avoid injury, football players are prone to poor hamstring flexibility.
* Correct balance between your quadriceps and hamstrings, as well as strength imbalances between your left and right leg.
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Set Your Goals:
*****Get better- Work harder
*****Standout from the rest in all competition
*****Become the best you can through effective training
*****Raise your personal bar of excellence with each routine
*****Leave nothing on the field- give everything you have.
Follow a football training conditioning program. There are four components necessary to prepare for football season:
Strength, Power, Speed, and Agility.
Fundamentals, speed, strength, agility, power, and endurance are what coaches are looking for in their high school football players. If you can build these areas to their maximum potential then you will be noticed by coaches and recruiters.Use the football drills to improve your ability and talent. Then learn to incorporate the benefit of the drills into your game. Develop the ability to showcase your talents and skills on demand.
Strength training is important to prevent injury and to improve your athletic performance. It is strength training that will make you a stand out player... continuous, effective, sport-specific training. If you have the desire to play at the next level, know that it will require hard work , determination, and a great strength training program.
Power, on the other hand, may be viewed as quickness in running or jumping. Power is displayed in the speed of your motion.
When training to increase your power focus on the speed of the lift as well as the amount of weight that you lift. Now, this may seem contradictory to those of you who were always taught to lift weights slowly. However, the important difference with power training is that you lift explosively but WITH control. Controlling the weight is essential to proper power development.
The theory is that moving a heavy weight very fast requires more power than moving that same weight slowly. If you are looking to develop serious power and improve your athleticism there are many power routines that you can incorporate into your workout. Understand that these routines are different from training for muscle mass or bodybuilding.
Speed training is equally important for football players. The secret to speed training is to apply power to good running mechanics. Knowing the proper sprinting technique is crucial.
Maximum velocity isn't achieved until 30-35 meters into your run. So for a sport like football where you are more interested in shorter sprints, maximum speed may not be the number one goal of your speed training.
Acceleration becomes the desired outcome of your training. However, training to improve maximum speed also will improve your acceleration, power, coordination, and dynamic flexibility.
Agility is the ability to change direction quickly, as well as accelerate and decelerate at a moments notice. Football is an examples of an "open-skill" sport. This means there is ever changing movement required from the athlete.
When one player is covering another the critical factor becomes which player can move faster into a superior position. The competitive edge goes to the player with the most agility.
Think of agility as applying speed, accelerating, decelerating, maintaining balance, maximizing power and changing direction while your surrounding environment continues to change.
You can improve your agility through drills. However drills will only be effective if you have a foundation of strength, power, and speed already in place.
I have been coaching athlete's for over 40 years and I would like to share some of my experience and knowledge with you. If you would like to get more information about developing your competitive edge as an athlete please visit http://www.strength-training-coach.com
Joe Ross
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